The Africa Trilogy – Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God (2010)
Produced by
Presented by
The Luminato Festival and Harbourfront Centre
Playwright: Roland Schimmelpfennig
Director: Liesl Tommy
Presented as part of the Africa Trilogy with Shine Your Eye and Glo
Venue
Run
June 15th, 2010 – June 20th, 2010
Synopsis
We move then to an unnamed Western city, with an all-white group of medical professionals talking about Africa at a dinner party. Two went to work in a crisis zone in an unnamed African country for six years. Two stayed at home in their unnamed Western city, made a lot of money, and had a child. Each couple envies the other. Their reunion is a disaster. In this play, the obsession is with the past – the decisions made, the mistakes that followed. It is harrowing, and bitterly funny – a sort of post-colonial Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. (volcano.ca)
Cast
| Maev Beaty | Carol |
| Trey Lyford | Martin |
| Tony Nappo | Frank |
| Jane Spidell | Liz |
Creative Team
| Roland Schimmelpfennig | Playwright |
| Liesl Tommy | Director |
| Weyni Mengesha | Dramaturge |
| Michael Wheeler | Assistant Director |
| Heidi Strauss | Movement |
| Simon Fon | Fight Choreographer |
| Bonnie Beecher | Lighting Designer |
| Teresa Przybylski | Set Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Composer |
| Milan Shahani | Costume Designer |
| Momme Hinrichs | Video |
| Torge Møller | Video |
| Jennifer Jimenez | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| Snezana Pesic | Assistant Set Decorator |
| Deanna Downes | Assistant Director for The Africa Trilogy |
Production
| Joanna Bennett | ASL Performance Interpreter / Interpreter Director |
| Silvie Varone | Head of Properties |
| Samiya Hashi | Costume Assistant |
| Leana Mukhina | Costume Assistant |
| David Hoekstra | Props Buyer |
| Jan Borkowski | Paper Props Graphic Designer |
| Anurita Bains | Project Advisor, Development Phase |
| Arwen MacDonell | Production Stage Manager |
| Nan Shepherd | Rehearsal Stage Manager |
| Giselle Clarke-Trenaman | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Jessica Severin | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Paul Beauchamp | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| AJ Laflamme | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Nathaniel Kennedy | Production Manager |
| Andrea Lundy | Production Manager |
| Cameron Davis | Video Projection Coordinator |
| Rick Banville | Development Process PM |
| Stéphane Monnet | The Africa Trilogy Illustration |
| Joanna Bennett | ASL Interpreting Project Advisor |
| Jamila Ross | ASL Project Community Consultant |
| Anita Harding | ASL Project Community Consultant |
| Michael Wheeler | Social Media Co-ordinator |
| Meredith Potter | Producer |
| Roxanne Duncan | Associate Producer |
| Chrissi Forte | Volunteer Assistant Producer |
